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1) Pig
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
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"A memoir and elegy to the author's deceased dog, The Speckled Beauty"--
"Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and screen door moocher who spends his days playing chicken with the Fed Ex man, picking fights with thousand-pound livestock, and rolling in donkey manure, and his nights howling at the moon. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind...
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Series
Chickadee court mysteries volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
When nine-year-old Alex and his friend Yasmeen investigate the disappearance of cats in their neighborhood, they stumble onto a larger mystery involving a haunted house and a ghostly cat.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"If you ve found yourself almost inconsolable after your pet died, please know that you're normal. If you've found that your family and friends don't seem to understand the level of your grief, please know that, too, is normal. Without comparing our relationships with our pets to those with people, we know that, because of the unique emotional relationships we have with our pets, their deaths produce a level of pain that is difficult to describe....
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Chloe Shaw is in a dog house of her own choosing. A married mother with kids, the death of Booker, her children's eldest family pet, has left her reeling and reckoning with her lifelong relationship with dogs. Unable to shake the feeling a year later, she asks her family for some time alone to be with nothing but her thoughts and remaining canines, Safari and Otter--only to find the dogs of her past pawing at her every memory and running, sticks...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"With all of my heart, I believe it is true, that there is a heaven for animals, too. The heaven of animals is a magical place. Angels know every dog's favorite game; cats bask in their own rays of sunshine; horses thunder across the sky. The loss of a pet is heartbreaking. But in the heaven of animals, the love you have for your animal friends lives on. Nancy Tillman's message of comfort will help readers of all ages through the process of grieving...
10) Frognapped
Author
Series
Araminta Spookie volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Barry Wizard's five acrobatic frogs are missing, and Araminta and Wanda, aided by the spectral Sir Horace, follow the trail to Morris' Water Wonderland.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Homeless, alcoholic, and depressed, Michael King lives in a UPS loading bay on the wrong side of the tracks in Portland, Oregon. One rainy night, he stumbles upon a hurt, starving, scruffy cat and takes her in. Nursing her back to health, he names her Tabor and she becomes a bit of a celebrity in southeast Portland. When winter comes, they travel from Oregon to the beaches of California to the high plains of Montana, surviving blizzards and bears,...
Author
Series
Dog watch volume 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The dogs of Pembrook, Minnesota investigate when one of the town's dogs mysteriously disappears.
14) Kidnapped Colt
Author
Series
Phantom stallion volume 15
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Sam tries to help a friend with his newborn horse. But when the colt goes missing, Sam is the one who needs help--from the Phantom Stallion.
15) The spotted dog
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Series
Corinna Chapman mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Corinna Chapman, baker extraordinaire, talented sleuth, stalwart friend and lover, is back! When a distraught Scottish veteran from Afghanistan is knocked unconscious, waking up to find his beloved ex-service dog missing, Corinna and her lover, Daniel, find themselves inextricably drawn into the machinations of a notorious underworld gang of drug runners. Corinna and Daniel need to pull together all the strings to find the connections between their...
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Part of a series in which children write and illustrate their own books, to encourage children to read and to become involved int the creative process of writing.
Houdini the Hamster was... so much more than just a classroom pet. She was a superhero, a spy, an escape artist, an athlete, and a clown who taught the students about responsibility, compassion, and unconditional love. Have your tissues ready when you read this positive, uplifting memorial...